Nuclear Negotiations and Iran's Growing Influence
If anyone actually thought that the Arab revolts, the most recent wave of change in the Middle East, would allow Iran and Israel to put pressure on the region, though, time has proved them wrong.
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The Myth of Anti-Westernism
It is quite ironic that a supposedly pro-Western opposition seeks to undermine the possibility of Turkey's critical integration into the West.
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The Western media sees Kobani as a symbol that will trigger an armed fight for democracy, as it did in the Arab Spring, which puts it to the fore.
The fact that Turkey will take over the presidency of the G-20 from Australia on Dec. 1, 2014 is a critical development in terms of Turkey's ongoing efforts to establish itself as a major emerging power with a strong voice on global issues.
First and foremost, the Abadi government will have to accumulate enough power to discourage Sunni tribes from joining ISIS fighters. The main question remains: what will happen once ISIS is defeated?
The main question here is whether the increasing ties between these two countries result in a significant shift in the geopolitics of the region or is it just a conjectural marriage of convenience for both countries.
Ukraine, Gaza and the New World Order
It is becoming increasingly clear with every international crisis that the world order is moving towards a more balanced and multipolar structure in which a multiplicity of actors are holding numerous instruments of influence against each other.
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Does the Islamic World Really Exist?
What really is the so-called Islamic world? How accurate is it to describe a group of Muslim countries, incapable of taking charge of their future and resolving their own issues, as the Islamic world?
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There is an Israel problem in the Middle East and there are other crises that are gangrened around this issue. Different actors talk about the problem, but they themselves exploit the very same problem.
Unlike in the aftermath of World War I, none but the Middle East's own children are to blame for the turmoil that the region experiences today.
This study will dwell on the structures, opinions of Salafi groups prior to the Revolution and their political parties, political attitudes and opinions in the wake of the January 25 Revolution.
The regional actors are roughly divided into two camps. All regional administrations, except Turkey, are fighting – over each other – to extend the life of the Sykes-Picot order.
Anti-democratic, authoritarian pro-Western regimes hindered political participation and representation to create a hospitable environment for radical organizations.
Turkey is witnessing new versions of authoritarianism debates on its way to presidential elections.
Is Assad really winning the war? And what does the victory look like for a regime that destroys its own country and has killed almost 200,000 people?
Seymour Hersh's recent piece on the chemical attacks in Ghouta, Syria last August, has again sparked debates regarding his story and the problems with it.
It is the requirement of rational politics for Turkey to have economic and political cooperation with all countries, notably with her neighbors.
It is possible to say that the next step for the Egyptian Minister of Defense, General Abdel Fattah al Sisi, will be the presidential post. This is because new campaign groups and movements to support his candidacy have already surfaced.
An agreement that included almost all of the terms in the recent deal had been signed among Turkey, Brazil and Iran in 2010.
Since January 2011, Arab regimes have also employed the terrorism card to maintain their grip on government.
